SONAY KARTAL stuck true to her word – by getting her Wimbledon-inspired latest tattoo.
And she even went one better by getting TWO tattoos done in one go.
Sonay Kartal promised to get a new tattoo to mark her Wimbledon run[/caption]
The tennis ace opted for a thundercloud with a lightning bolt[/caption]
The trip to the tattoo parlour was filmed by the LTA[/caption]
The British tennis ace, 23, enjoyed another stunning run at the All England Club at the 2025 Championships.
Kartal reached the fourth round after wins over No20 seed Jelena Ostapenko, Viktoriya Tomova and Diane Parry.
She eventually went down to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in controversial scenes as the line calling system failed during her debut on Centre Court.
But the tattooed Sussex star vowed to literally mark her exploits in SW19.
Kartal said: “If people want to send me their ideas, I’ll most likely pick one of them and chuck it on somewhere.”
And she lived up to the promise by heading to a tattoo parlour in her native Brighton.
In the video posted by the LTA, Kartal talked through the designs with the artist before settling on two tattoos – one on each forearm.
The first was specifically a nod to playing on tennis’ most famous court for the first time.
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A huge rumble of thunder and lightning struck at the exact moment Kartal walked out on Centre Court.
And that was the inspiration behind the first tatt – a thunder cloud with a lightning bolt through it.
Kartal explained: “Last week was the dream week. Walking out on Centre Court is something you dream of as a little kid, so hitting that one was massive.
“Every time I see this, it just reminds me of Centre Court. That moment of walking out – special one that one.”
“As soon as I came off, my DMs were like, ‘You’ve got to get the thunder lightning.’ And I was like, ‘That’s such a good idea.’
“People were saying get a strawberry because that represents Wimbledon.
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“But I wanted something that wasn’t cliche, that if you know about it, then you’re going to know but if you’re not, you’re going to have no idea.”
The second tattoo was the number 329 – her number representing Great Britain when she made her live Billie Jean King Cup debut in April.
Kartal added: “329 was another tattoo promise I made that if I played a live Billie Jean King Cup tie, then I would get my LTA Colour Holder number tattooed somewhere I can see it.
“Two [wins] from two on the debut. It was the dream debut, couldn’t have gone any better.”
Kartal also gave some explanation to her host of other tattoos, revealing the first one was a “bit of a drunken one” and her most meaningful is the paw print of her dog who passed away.
Kartal took her designs with her[/caption]
She called her week at Wimbledon a ‘dream’[/caption]
The thundercloud and lightning represented her walk out on to Centre Court[/caption]
The No329 represents her Billie Jean King Cup number[/caption]
